Posts made by Arkandel

@Faceless Tyranny was amazing. I only finished it with one 'path' because I was just too lazy to start from scratch and grind my way out, but the story was great.

It's almost as if both genders want to have their buddies around when they fight evil

@Ghost No no, you'll get it sneakily through the app and XP spends, and it will be used at a strategic time with the argument that you already agreed to it, and if you don't allow it that you're playing favorites for your pet players.

@n0q Yeah, in other games telenukes are the worst.

"Hey, just so you know, you died in your sleep" makes for an engaging storyline.

Is telenuke a thing for M&M?

Seriously?

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/teacher-told-outfit-inappropriate-people-cant-figure-164709087.html

@Runescryer said in New Superhero Game Looking for Staff/Feedback:

@n0q I have been giving that a lot of thought, especially when it comes to the Two Cities/Themes. I've always had issues with the ridiculous levels of Plot Armor it takes for The Punisher to exist in the same city as The Avengers.

A lot of handwaving is absolutely necessary in any comic book (or MUSH, they share this trait) based on the superpower disparity we're familiar with. There's no reason Spider-man just happens to be the one who sees the Vulture rampaging on the news and gets to the crime scene first instead of, say, Thor who'd just one-hit him, and you probably don't want a game where every PrP ran with standard Gotham-level goons is populated with Green Lantern-level good guys wiping the floor with them.

Plot armor is a necessity, and players need to respect these facts else I don't see how it could work.

@Kanye-Qwest Yeah, but that's the show's focus on its long term bromances (the Winchesters, plus Castiel+Crowley). A game could take all of those toys which aren't in any way inherently tooled for men - witches are damn powerful (hell, the most powerful recurring cast member is Rowena and she's quite alive and well), hunters can be just as easily female,the hosts for Demons and Angels can be either gender, etc.

@WildBaboons http://www.comicbookbrain.com/superheroes.php ?

Every Tuesday at my old job we used to go to this amazing smokehouse place for BBQ... burgers, wings, the fries were incredible. It was the highlight of the week for the 3-4 of us who went regularly.

The new QA person back then asked if she could come along and of course we said yes... but on the way out she told us she didn't want to eat meat. She only ate meat on Fridays or something. But she didn't ask to come on Friday, she asked to come on Tuesday, and she wouldn't switch the days around.

So Thai Express it was. Thai fucking express. Two years later I still rage about it.

Has anyone played Divinity: Original Sin 2 yet? I'm curious if it's as good as the reviews have it before I shell out $55 on it.

Supernatural. It's basically just all laid there - angels, demons, werewolves vampires, Prophets, a hunter community, Men/Women of Letters, all the stuff.

@Jaded Oh, since you know things - has there been a Diablo-esque game worth of the comparison ever since Torchlight 2 and Victor Vran?

@Ganymede said in New Superhero Game Looking for Staff/Feedback:

Well, this isn't a DC/Marvel game; it's a game of OCs, last time I checked.

Fair enough in that case.

As you know, there are several Robins. Dick Grayson became Nightwing. Jason Todd died, and then was resurrected as the Red Hood. And so on.

Absolutely. And I would prefer to play with one of them than Roger Smith, the OC Robin that guy just rolled yesterday. If I played on a canonical universe I'd want the history that comes with legacy characters and years worth of background in stories.

@Ganymede Oh, right. I'm a Windows gamer.

For settings I'm pretty flexible, but probably fantasy ones.

I'm in the market for a good RPG. Any newish noteworthy ones around? I was thinking of Divinity: Original Sin 2, but are there any suggestions?

You aren't actually writing a comic book; you're running a game. The narrative is similar but the goal is not.

The way I'd do it is consider two factors; one, does killing this character improve the game? The other is, does not killing this character hurt the game?

The first case refers to dramatic effects; oh-no, you killed Robin! Now your Gothamite heroes are fucking pissed off, and the players know this villain is out for blood and nobody is safe. So you traded a cool character for a plot hook, which isn't necessarily a bad deal.

The second case refers to maintaining some suspense; sure, you could prevent the Kingpin from being shot in the head by Punisher who has him dead to rights, but you invent some far fetched reason that it doesn't happen ('Ohno! Frank's rifle jammed!'). Now your players know you're never gonna kill a villain, which could affect how they play.

@Ganymede Even consensual deaths might be unwanted if this is a DC/Marvel game and it could deprive the game from interesting characters.

You might not want the Riddler permanently croaked to the Huntress because a random player picked him up for a week then decided it would be fun to have him offed.

@Runescryer I guess what I was saying was that the usual problem with PvP is that it seems to default to 'we fight to the death', and that upsets people because they stand to lose their PC.

If that's taken out of the equation it's easier. Sure, Robin just beat the crap out of me but hey... Blackgate can't hold me! So whatever, I got beaten up by a kid in shorts.